Ideas for universe update : Fleet order : "on my position" and Distress beacon

[Macharius]

Hello there,

I might be out of subject regarding the current discussion, but I have some little ideas related to fleet controle for the Universe Update I wanted to share.

So here I am :

First a button near the coordinate box (is that the correct name ?) in the fleet orders menu "my (current?) position" when toggle this will allow your fleet(s) to join you and carry on the selected order, automatically updating the coordiniates when you change sector. Usefull when you need dynamic back up, while some lovely fellows are kicking your spacebum.


An old already suggested one : distress beacon that send a signal with a limited radius to the nearby ships, station and factions, NPC faction could send some help and it can also be used as "pirate bait" (Scopuli style). It also offer new possibilities for pve events, investigations, exploration, point of interest etc..
- It could be implented by default like scanners and jumpdrive on a shipcore (and stations) with limited range and expanded thanks to the already existing ehancements of the scanner chamber (not a proper chamber or tree in my opinion if your are able to generate a powerfull scann then, you are able to turn it into a powerfull beacon).

Credits for the original idea.

https://starmadedock.net/threads/new-chamber-ideas.29578/#post-351322
https://starmadedock.net/threads/increase-scanner-usability.25461/#post-291449
https://starmadedock.net/threads/broadcast-beacons.21534/

And voilà that's all for me.

Thank's for your attention,
Mach'

 

[Ribbons0121R121]

good idea. also an automatic drone centered fleet commands would be helpfull, and i think docking orders would be helpfull. and it became especialy apparant to me that fleets suck at getting around, ais should be improved. also when told to mine, i think fleets of miners should find and then mine automaticly rather than you having to mine a bit first for them to locate anything. then they can search for more stuff to mine. then when their storage is full they can go back to the mothership and dump their mined materials into the motherships storage conatiners untill their full. and when all is full they should either report back to home base to dump the materials or just randomly fly around in idle mode.

 

[EricBlank]

Self updating fleet order coordinates sounds like an amazing improvement over our current situation.

Distress beacons would be a neat feature if just for when youre under attack from pirates your miner cant escape from.